Do early midlife work characteristics predict 20-year change in control beliefs?

IF 3.7 1区心理学 Q1 GERONTOLOGY

Psychology and Aging Pub Date : 2024-09-01 Epub Date: 2024-07-11 DOI:10.1037/pag0000830

Johanna Hartung, Lena Stahlhofen, Oliver K Schilling, Hans-Werner Wahl, Gizem Hülür

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Abstract

Previous research showed the importance of control beliefs for many life outcomes. The present study examines associations between subjectively perceived work environment and objectively measured work activities at the beginning of midlife as a central developmental phase in the context of work, with control beliefs across the subsequent 20 years. We analyzed four-wave longitudinal data from N = 374 participants (born 1950-1952; M_age baseline = 44 years, SD = 1; 44% women) from the Interdisciplinary Longitudinal Study of Adult Development and Aging within a structural equation modeling framework. Over 20 years and overall, internal control beliefs were stable, while external control beliefs decreased. Individuals who reported higher task variety and better social integration at work at baseline also reported higher levels of control beliefs for positive life outcomes. In addition, higher social integration at work at baseline was related to lower levels of external control beliefs. Work characteristics at baseline were not associated with individual differences in change in control beliefs across the 20-year observational interval. In summary, our findings suggest that work experiences at the prime of job-related development around the midst of the fifth decade of life do not play a major role in subsequent control beliefs development across 20 years. However, investigations measuring control beliefs as well as work characteristics continuously over a long period of time are necessary to shed light on reciprocal influences between work and personality. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, all rights reserved).

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中年早期的工作特征能否预测 20 年后控制信念的变化？

以往的研究表明，控制信念对许多人生结果都很重要。本研究探讨了中年之初的主观感知工作环境和客观测量的工作活动与随后 20 年的控制信念之间的关联，中年是工作方面的一个核心发展阶段。我们在结构方程建模框架内分析了 "成人发展与老龄化跨学科纵向研究"（Interdisciplinary Longitudinal Study of Adult Development and Aging）中 N = 374 名参与者（1950-1952 年出生；年龄基线 = 44 岁，SD = 1；44% 为女性）的四波纵向数据。在 20 年的总体时间里，内部控制信念保持稳定，而外部控制信念则有所下降。那些在基线时报告工作任务多样性更高、社会融合度更好的人，也报告他们对积极生活结果的控制信念水平更高。此外，基线时工作中社会融合度较高的人与外部控制信念水平较低有关。基线时的工作特征与 20 年观察期间控制信念变化的个体差异无关。总之，我们的研究结果表明，在人生的第五个十年中期左右，在与工作相关的发展的黄金时期的工作经历并不会对随后跨越 20 年的控制信念的发展起主要作用。然而，有必要对控制信念以及工作特征进行长期持续的测量，以揭示工作与人格之间的相互影响。(PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, 版权所有）。

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期刊介绍： Psychology and Aging publishes original articles on adult development and aging. Such original articles include reports of research that may be applied, biobehavioral, clinical, educational, experimental (laboratory, field, or naturalistic studies), methodological, or psychosocial. Although the emphasis is on original research investigations, occasional theoretical analyses of research issues, practical clinical problems, or policy may appear, as well as critical reviews of a content area in adult development and aging. Clinical case studies that have theoretical significance are also appropriate. Brief reports are acceptable with the author"s agreement not to submit a full report to another journal.